Best PlacesOak Bluffs, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Bluffs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oak Bluffs ranks 1,654th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Bluffs
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Oak Bluffs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Bluffs ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute12.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$167,037 median, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Oak Bluffs ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Bluffs
A household needs to earn about $251,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Bluffs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $167,037, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Oak Bluffs' effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Bluffs.
Who works in Oak Bluffs, and how
Work in Oak Bluffs centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Bluffs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Bluffs, month by month
Oak Bluffs sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Oak Bluffs
The nearest airport, Martha's Vineyard, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Bluffs
Schools across Oak Bluffs average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Bluffs ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Tisbury ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Martha's Vineyard Regional HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Bluffs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Bluffs measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Oak Bluffs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Bluffs
Is Oak Bluffs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Bluffs ranks 1,654th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, short commutes, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Bluffs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $996,200. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $167,037 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Oak Bluffs safe?
Yes, Oak Bluffs is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Bluffs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Bluffs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Bluffs represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Oak Bluffs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Bluffs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Bluffs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Bluffs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Bluffs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Bluffs detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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